Display device



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Patented Nov. 5, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFEE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in display devices particularly for shoes and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character embodying a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts through the medium of which a shoe may be supported and displayed on a counter or in a store window in a most advantageous manner.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a shoe support of the aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of my invention showing a shoe supported thereon.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the invention with one of the resilient knobs shown in vertical transverse section.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the reference numeral 5 designates generally a length of wire rod, or other suitable material, bent intermediate its ends as shown at S to form a pair of diverging lateral arms 7. The outer end portions of the arms 1 are bent substantially at right angles to the arms 7 to form.

is then rested on the diverging arms i with the heel ll! positioned between the knobs 9 in such a manner as to support the shoe with the toe of same pointing upward.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in the materials and in the structure and arrangement of the parts within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A shoe support of the character described comprising a length of Wire rod bent intermediate its ends to form a V-shaped base, having a curved end portion and substantially straight diverging side portions connected by said curved end portion, a pair of vertical upstanding posts integral with and extending at right angles from the ends of said straight diverging side portions for bracing and holding a shoe in supported position on said base, and resilient anti-scoring knobs mounted on the top ends of said posts in spaced relation to said base.

2. A quick applicable and removable attachment for cleverly balancing and skillfully displaying a conventional shoe so that it may be observed from various angles while assuming a substantially perpendicular position comprising a relatively short resilient partially. concealable V- shaped base frame having diverging rectilinear limbs adapted to rest coextensively in direct contact with a flat supporting stationary surface, said frame being of an overall length less than the combined height of the shoe heel and superposed heel portion of the upper so that the latter impinges upon and projects well beyond the vertex of said frame, the spread of the limbs being such that the major part of the frame is virtually concealed from the eye of the observer, the free 

